Cynicism Quotes

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
-George Bernard Shaw

"A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future."
-Sidney J. Harris

"I prefer credulity to skepticism and cynicism for there is more promise in almost anything than in nothing at all."
-Ralph B. Perry

"A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye."
-Carolyn Wells

"Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil."
-Vachel Lindsay

"Cynicism is intellectual dandyism."
-George Meredith

"Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows."
-David T. Wolf

"Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves."
-Robert Anton Wilson

"No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up."
-Lily Tomlin

"The worst cynicism: a belief in luck."
-Joyce Carol Oates

"Do not crush the flowers of wisdom with the hobnail boots of cynicism."
-Bill Bailey

"That's what I dislike about the mainstream media. There's this overwhelming cynicism."
-Tim Bodine

"Defied cynicism and entered politics."
-Bill Pullman

"Cynicism: The intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence."
-J. Russell Lynes